Hungary vs Romania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Hungary and 0.7 per 100 live births in Romania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.97 times that in Hungary.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 1920, when it overtook Hungary.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Hungary	Romania	World
2024	0.4	0.7	3.7
2023	0.4	0.7	3.8
2022	0.4	0.7	4
2021	0.4	0.6	4
2020	0.4	0.7	3.9
2019	0.4	0.7	4
2018	0.4	0.7	4
2017	0.5	0.8	4.1
2016	0.5	0.9	4.2
2015	0.5	0.9	4.3
2014	0.5	1	4.4
2013	0.6	1.1	4.5
2012	0.6	1.1	4.7
2011	0.6	1.2	5
2010	0.6	1.2	5.1
2009	0.6	1.3	5.3
2008	0.7	1.4	5.5
2007	0.7	1.5	5.7
2006	0.7	1.7	6
2005	0.8	1.8	6.2
2004	0.8	1.9	6.6
2003	0.8	2	6.8
2002	0.9	2	7.1
2001	1	2.1	7.4
2000	1	2.1	7.7
1999	1.1	2.3	7.9
1998	1.1	2.5	8.3
1997	1.2	2.6	8.4
1996	1.2	2.7	8.6
1995	1.3	2.7	8.8
1994	1.3	2.8	8.9
1993	1.5	2.8	9.1
1992	1.6	2.9	9.2
1991	1.7	3	9.3
1990	1.7	3.1	9.4
1989	1.8	3.3	9.5
1988	1.9	3.5	10
1987	2	3.5	9.9
1986	2.1	3.3	10.3
1985	2.2	3.2	10.6
1984	2.2	3.1	10.9
1983	2.2	3.1	11.1
1982	2.2	3.3	11.2
1981	2.3	3.4	11.6
1980	2.4	3.6	11.9
1979	2.5	3.7	11.9
1978	2.7	3.7	12.3
1977	2.9	3.9	12.6
1976	3.2	4.1	12.8
1975	3.6	4.3	13.1
1974	3.8	4.4	13.3
1973	3.8	4.5	13.5
1972	3.8	4.7	13.7
1971	3.8	5	13.9
1970	3.9	5.5	14.2
1969	4	6.2	14.6
1968	4.1	6.7	15
1967	4.2	6.4	15.3
1966	4.3	5.7	15.1
1965	4.5	5.3	15.1
1964	4.6	5.5	15.7
1963	4.8	6.1	16.2
1962	4.9	7	17
1961	5.2	8	18.8
1960	5.4	8.8	20.2
1959	5.7	9.4	19.9
1958	6	9.7	19.7
1957	6.3	9.9	20.5
1956	6.6	10	21.3
1955	6.8	10.1	22.3
1954	7.1	12.9	22.8
1953	7.6	14.2	23.3
1952	8.3	15.9	23.9
1951	9.1	18.3	24.3
1950	10	18.1	24.7
1949	11.1	21.7	24.9
1948	13.8	23	24.9
1947	15.5	32.5	25.5
1946	18.1	26.7	25.8
1945	27.5	30.6	26.7
1944	–	26.4	27.4
1943	17.9	29.9	27.7
1942	21.1	28.9	27.9
1941	17.9	27	27.8
1940	20.5	30.6	27.9
1939	18.8	28.6	28
1938	20.7	29.8	28.7
1937	21.1	28.9	28.8
1936	22.2	28.4	29.1
1935	24.6	31.2	29.5
1934	23.9	29.6	30.7
1933	21.7	28.3	30.5
1932	29.9	30.1	30.7
1931	26.4	29.3	31.4
1930	24.8	28.6	31.6
1929	29.1	32	32
1928	28.8	29.9	31.9
1927	30.1	34	31.9
1926	27.2	31.6	32.7
1925	27.3	31.2	32.4
1924	31.4	32.7	33.1
1923	29.9	33.7	33.1
1922	32.2	33.7	33.2
1921	31.4	32.5	34.2
1920	31.9	35.9	34.4
1919	26.7	–	35.7
1918	35.3	–	37.6
1917	35.1	–	35.3
1916	35.6	–	35.1
1915	42.9	32.4	35.3
1914	32	35.3	35.4
1913	32.7	37.9	35.1
1912	46.5	35.1	35.5
1911	33.8	–	36
1910	31.7	–	36.4
1909	34.8	–	36.6
1908	32.7	–	37.2
1907	34.5	–	37.4
1906	33.7	–	38.1
1905	37.7	–	38.8
1904	32	–	38.9
1903	33.2	47.8	39.5
1902	35.6	34.5	40.1
1901	33.7	32.9	40.8
1900	36.3	32	40.9
1899	34	32.2	40.8
1898	36.7	36.1	41.2
1897	36.3	35	41
1896	36.7	37.4	41.1
1895	39.3	32.7	41.3
1894	40.1	36.9	41.2
1893	39	35.3	41.2
1892	44.7	39.5	41.7
1891	42.1	34	41.3
1890	–	34.3	41.5
1889	–	31.1	41.2
1888	–	32.4	41
1887	–	31.4	41.1
1886	–	29.8	41.1
1885	–	27.6	41.2
1884	–	28.9	41.1
1883	–	28.4	41.4
1882	–	32.4	41.5
1881	–	28.8	41.1
1880	–	37.4	41.6
1879	–	30.1	41.1
1878	–	36.4	41.6
1877	–	30.9	41.2
1876	–	31.9	41.4
1875	–	33	41.5
1874	–	34.8	41.7
1873	–	31.1	41.8
1872	–	32.2	42.1
1871	–	23.2	42.2
1870	–	25.9	41.9
1869	–	31.4	42.1
1868	–	33	42.4
1867	–	31.6	42
1866	–	38.8	42.1
1865	36.4	35.6	42.3
1864	41.6	39.8	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	40.5	–	43.7
1858	40	–	43.8
1857	41.4	–	44.2
1856	39.8	–	44.2
1855	43.5	–	44
1854	42.9	–	43.7
1853	42.7	–	43.2
1852	37.2	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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